Teaching Thursdays

Teaching Thursdays provide weekly video gardening tips and “how-tos” in our weekly e-newsletter: Life Lived Outside.

Browse the posts below for information to support your gardening efforts and answer your pressing questions.

What grows in the shade in zone 9B? We have options galore!

We answer a social media question about native plants that are deer-resistant.

Too hot to garden outdoors? Take it inside with all sorts of lovely houseplants!

Mother Nature sure loves showing off! The magical and unusual Lobster Claw Heliconia is a great tropical plant option.

When you want elegance, you’ll be hard put to find a more worthy shrub. Intoxicating fragrance, crisp white blooms, deep green foliage…we’re in love.

A Sweet Potato Vine that is both ornamental AND edible? Yes, please!

There are lots of flowers that hummingbirds love, so making your garden their hangout spot doesn’t have to be hard…and it can be beautiful, too!

Some plants only bloom in the morning. Why is that?

The Don Juan Climbing Rose has stolen our hearts!

We’re excited to be carrying this climate-conscious soil that’s good for your plants and the environment.

We got a request on social media to give recommendations for flowers that can take our Florida summer heat, and we’re more than up to the challenge.

To get the most out of your blueberry plants, cross-pollination is an important step.

Anybody can sell you plants, we make sure you succeed.

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